Sherri Okinaga, SVP & Organizational Effectiveness Manager at First Hawaiian Bank sat down with Anthony Bagnoli, Director of Events at Hawaii Business Magazine to discuss the first ever virtual Leadership Conference that took place July 28-30. Okinaga highlights record-breaking numbers,…
Flower shops and other floral businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic, but they’re innovating to serve customers – and hoping that flowers remain an important part of local celebrations and people's lives Parts of Hawai‘i’s flower industry were…
TheBus never shut down during the early months of the pandemic, and back then its few riders often had plenty of room to social distance – and faster commutes, too.
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. The employees that need to go into the office for hands-on work will do so a few times a week. And we have…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. As a local health insurer, HMAA continued operations without disruption throughout the safer-at-home orders, and our office remained open to service our clients,…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. Many of our JLL-managed Maui retail centers, like Maui Mall and the Outlets of Maui, have tenants that offer essential services, and as…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. We were lucky enough to be considered essential, so we have been working throughout this period of uncertainty. Our field crews and office…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. We reopened our customer service offices statewide on June 29 with limited hours Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Our…
Join clinical consultant Heather Pierucki, UHA Medical Director Dr. Kathleen Kozak and workplace wellness consultant Michael Story, three Hawaii leaders in our medical care and wellness community for a discussion on how leaders can care for themselves and their teams,…
Projects big and small, public and private, keep construction as the major economic sector with the fewest layoffs.
Interview with Lipoa Kahaleuahi, Executive Director, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? Our core mission – to provide youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, that builds…
One in a series of profiles of new small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown. Since graduating from UH Mānoa in 2014, Tina Wang says, she has dreamed of bringing her favorite ramen to Hawaiʻi’s rich…